Genesis 25:19-26
Esau: hairy (Easton’s Bible Dictionary)
Jacob: Ya`aqob – heel-catcher (i.e., supplanter) (Strong’s)
Supplant: to supersede especially by…treachery (MWD)
…his name was called Edom (red BD&B) – Genesis 25:30 (ESV)
Esau ate and drank and went on about his business, indifferent to the fact that he had given up his birthright.
– Genesis 25:34 (NLT)
(Chapter 26:34-35) Esau gets married at
(Chapter 27) Jacob and Esau are about years old
Isaac will live another years (Genesis 35:28)
Isaac knows God’s will but wants to
Rebekah knows God’s will, wants to do God’s will but thinks (vv.9-10)
Is anything too difficult for the Lord? – Genesis 18:14 (NASB)
Rebekah in God but doesn’t God
Lesson: God’s must be done God’s
The Cost: Rebekah will never
Jacob is more concerned about his than his (v.12)
Tries to cover his sin with (v.20)
Jacob will Learn:
Give, and it will be given to you. – Luke 6:38 (NIV)
…those who plow iniquity And those who sow trouble harvest it. – Job 4:8 (NASB95)
…they took Joseph’s tunic, and slaughtered a male goat, and dipped the tunic in the blood; and they sent the varicolored tunic and brought it to their father and said, “We found this; please examine it to see whether it is your son’s tunic or not – Genesis 37:31-32 (NASB)
(v.33)
I blessed him — and indeed he will be blessed! – Genesis 27:33 (NIV)
(God) I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the Lord;
– Isaiah 57:19 (KJV)
By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come. – Hebrews 11:20 (KJV)
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit. – Proverbs 18:21 (NASU)
Observations of a Dysfunctional Family:
Mom and Dad do not
Mom and Dad
Mom and Dad do not confront their kid’s
The Result: The sin will be